Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:21 pm by Josephus
Fishing used to be an everyday activity when I was a kid in Wisconsin. Bored? Just go walk to the nearest lake. Not so much anymore as there isn't anywhere near as much inland water in Michigan and the southern region of the state is more or less fished out compared to what it once was decades ago.
Thinking about getting back into it with some friends as we prefer taking vacations that just so happen to be prime trout areas. Thinking about trying tenkara instead of usual spinning.
I have never really worried much about tactics and tools. The fish I murdered didn't seem to care either. Finding them is the hard part for me.
Used to go for panfish to eat, steelhead for fun or eating, and pike for fun and uhg..pickling. Its not what I would say good but at least you don't have to worry about all their bones. Other people love it so maybe my dad never taught me how to make it right. Muskie was nothing I went after. The minimum size started at a huge 40ish inches. Its a little higher in Michigan. They are so few and take so long to get big that it was less of a goal than a hope.
To catch bigguns all I ever did was use bigger, artificial bait that most fish would not get hooked on and use it in an area where there was enough food for them to get big. Size or depth of water never seemed to matter, but then again the waterways up there are really interconnected. This is how all the northern pike was caught. Aim for something tasty and get the waterwolf with its bones and nasty teeth. I was not about to risk that maw if the hook was stuck, so gotta do something with it right?
